Cash-register.



J. F. PARKER.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.19, 1909.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1909.

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CASH REGISTER.

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JOHN F. PARKER, OF KANSAS CITY, MIS SOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASHREGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATEDCASH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. PARKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented an Improvement in Cash-Registers, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention "consists of certain improvements incash registers such asthose shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States No.464,294, dated December 1, 1-891 and No. 483,511, dated September 27,1892, granted to Hugo Cook, also the style of machines embodied in'Patents Nos. 913,550 and 913,551 issued to me February 23, 1909, and mycopending application Serial No. 479,000, filed February 19, 1909. Itwill be understood howeverthat the improvements are not restricted tothese macpines alone but are applicable to others a so.

One of the distinctive features of this invention is to provide aregister with a plurality of cash receptacles.

Another distinctive feature is the ar- Iangement of the indicatingdevices, whereby the amounts'are exhibited in two different directionsat obtuse angles relative to the front of the machine, thus giving amuch greater range of View than in registers where they are arrangedparallel with the front of it. i

\Vith these andincidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and ,combinationsof parts, theessential elements of which-are set forth in appended claims, and apreferred form of embodiment of which is.

hereinafter described with reference to the drawings-which accompany andform part of the specification.

Figure 1 ismainly a front elevation of the machine with portions of thecasing removed to show interior constructions; Fig. 2 is a right handend view' of the machine with most of the.casing removed; Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical section on the line'33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is atransverse vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a lefthand end View of the machine with the casing removed; Fig. 6 is ahorizontal section on the line .66 of Fig. 1, showing the relativeposition, of the three series of indicating wheels; Fig. 7 is ahorizontal section looking down on the vertically slidable racks, andthe attached horizontal bars which sup ort the supplemental rack barsfor operating the indicating wheels; Fig. 8 is a perspective View of oneof the slidable racks and connected parts; Fig. 9 is a perspective viewof one of the sets of cash receptacles; Fig. 10 is a perspective view'ofa guide arm.

The same letters and numerals of reference are used to indicateidentical. parts in all the figures.

The type of cash register to which my invention is applied is fullydescribed in the Patent 464,294 heretofore referred to, so that I shalldescribe only so much of that machine as is necessary to anunderstanding of my improvements, reference being had for a fullerdescription to the prior art which is well known.

An operating handle A is fast on. the end of a short shaft B which alsohas fast upon it a gear C that meshes with the gear C .secured to oneend of a horizontal shaft C which extends across the length of themachine. A pitman G is secured to the, side of the gear C and the freeend of the crank arm H, the latter being secured to an oscillatory shaftI. The ratio of the gearingjust described is such that for every tworotations of the gear C the remainder of the gears will be given onerotation and by the- -rotation of the gear C the shaft I will beoscillated.

Loosely mounted upon the central shaft his a series of, what might becalled, combination gears J, one being provided for each of thefourseries of keys and two settin '-levers, the upper peripheral portion ofeach of the said gears J being gear toothed, while the lower portion hasstar teeth formed upon it. As shown in Fig. 4, the gear J is in meshwith a gear K, which in which receive vertical fixed guides 8, the

same being attached to a horizontal portion 9 of the frame. Thus in theoscillation of the gears J, upon the shaft I, VQI'. tical reciprocationis imparted to the afore-' said racks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Horizontal bars10, see Figs. '7 and 8, are rigidly connected with the several racks,the attachment being substantially the same as shown and described in myPatent No. 913,550, before referred to. That is to say, the innerhorizontal bar 10 is attached directly to the back of the left hand rack7, but the other five racks are provided with arms 12, which arearranged parallel to, and spaced from, the bodies of the racks in orderto accommodate the bars 10 attached to adjacent racks. Thus space isprovided between the arms and bodies of a rack for' vertical movement ofthe horizontal bars 10, as required for operating the indicating wheels,hereinafter described. As shown in Fig. 7, it will be seen that thehorizontal bars 10 are all arranged parallel but are of differentlengths, to bring their end portions in the position required relativeto the indicating wheels with which they are operatively connected, andwhich will now be described.

Mounted loosely upon a horizontal shaft 14, which is supported in theupper central portion of the machine and parallel with the front of it,see Fig. 6, are two rotatable indicating wheels 15 and 16, each havingattached to one side thereof a pinion 17. The periphery of the firstnamed indicating-wheel 15 is inscribed with words denoting differenttransactions, such as Cash Charge Paid out and No sale. In mesh with thepinion of the said wheel 15 is a supplemental rack-bar 18 extendingdownward and attached to the horizontal bar 10 which is rigidly securedto the arm 12 of the rack 2. The periphery of-the other indicating-wheel16 is inscribed with letters to indicate the initial of a clerk, and inthe same manner as the indicating wheel 15, it is operatively connectedwith its rack 7, through the means of a supplemental rack bar 19attached to the horizontal bar 10 secured to the arm 12 of the rack 7.In this manner the degree of reciprocation of the racks will adjust theindicating wheels accordingly.

Mounted loosely upon a horizontal shaft 20, see Fig. 6, which issupported in the upper right hand portion of the machine, and in thesame horizontal plane with the shaft 14 but extending at an obtuseangle, is arranged a series of four rotatable indieating wheels 21, 22,23, and 24, their peripheries inscribed with the numerals 0 to 9inclusive, and the said wheels, from rightto left, representing units ofcents, tens of cents, units of dollars, and tens of dollars. To each ofthese wheels is attached a pin-- ion 17 in mesh with a supplemental rackbar operatively connecting the wheel with a vertically adjustable rack,hereinafter described. In like manner is another series of fourrotatable amount indicating wheels 25, 26, 2'7 and 28 mounted upon ahorizontal shaft 29 which is supported in the upper left hand portion ofthe machine, and in the same plane with the shaft 14 heretoforedescribed, but extending at an obtuse angle and in an opposite directionfrom the shaft 20, just described. The peripheries of these four wheelsare inscribed with numerals corresponding with and representing the samenumeral values as the wheels 21, 22, -3, and 24, and the arrangement issuch that corresponding wheels of both series are adjustedsimultaneously and indicate the same amounts through the openings 30 inthe casing.

In mesh with the pinions 17 of the two units of cents indicating wheels21 and 25 are supplemental rack-bars 31, see Figs. 6 and 7, which areattached to the ends of the horizontal bar 10 that is secured to the arm12 of the rack 3, the said rack being in mesh with the gear J, which isadjacent to, and operatively connected with, the keys of the units ofcents bank. Thus by the depres sion of any selected key in that bank,and the subsequent operation of the machine, by the handle A, an amount,or numeral, corresponding to the key depressed, will be indicated by awheel of both series, just described. In the same manner the remainingindicating wheels of both series, representing tens of cents, units ofdollars and tens of dollars are operatively connected with keys of thetens of cents, units of dollars and tens of dollars banks. The pinionsof the tens of cents indicating wheels 22 and 26 are in mesh withsupplemental rackbars 32, attached to the horizontal bar 10 which issecured to the arm 12 of the rack 4. The pinions 17 of the units ofdollars wheels 23 and 27 are in mesh with supplemental rack bars 33attached to the horizontal bar 10 secured to the arm 12 of the rack 5,see Fig. 8. The pinions of the tens of dollars wheels are in mesh withsupplemental rack-bars 34 attached to the hori zontal bar 10 secured tothe arm 12 of the rack 6.

The operation of the latches N, which are carried on each of the gearsJ, and their associated parts, is explained at length in the aforesaidPatent 464,294 and it will be sufficient here to state that when a keyV, in any of the banks is depressed and caught by the detent plate U,and the shaft I3 given two complete revolutions the shaft I will beoscillated forward and back. At the end of the forward oscillation ofthe shaft I the lug Z, on the side of the cam Z, will engage a recess Z)in the latch-plate N and in the backward movement of said shaft, willcarry the latch-plate, and consequently the gear J with it until themouth a, at the outer end of the latch, engages the inner end of a keywhich has been depressed, whereupon the lug Z will be disengaged fromthe latchplate N and the shaft will move on alone, while the latch-platewill be caught upon the key and the gear J arrested at that point.

I will now describe my improved means for positively locking the gears Jin their adjusted position, which assures a perfect alinement of theregistering and indicating devices.

As heretofore stated, the gear J is provided with a series of star teethformed uponv the lower peripheral portion 35, which are adapted toreceive a locking tooth 36 formed on an arm 36, which in turn is fast onrock-shaft 37 extending across the machine, the'said locking tooth beingnormally held out of engagement with the teeth 35, by the tension of aspring 38. Keyed on the rock-shaft 37 is an adjusting arm 39 whichcontacts with a cam 40 fast on a rotatable shaft C, which has beenreferred to as making one complete revolution at each operation of themachine, and the arrangements are such, that just as the shaft I beginsto oscillate forward, carrying the cam Z and associated parts with it,the cam 40, which moves in the directionof the arrow in Fig. 4, willrelease the arm 39, thus allowing the tooth of the locking arm 36 todisengage the star teeth of the gear J The arms 36 and 39 will remain inthis position during the further operation of the machine, until justbefore the limit of the backward movement of the shaft I, whereupon thecam 40 will contact with the free end of the adjusting arm 39 again,pressing it downward and consequently the locking tooth 36 intoengagement with the star teeth 35 of the gear J, in this manner lockingthe'gear until the beginning of another operation of the register.

Another improvement uponthe aforesaid Patent No. 464,294 is means foradjusting the registering mechanism into and out of engagement with'thedriving mechanism, one of the results being to dispense with theratchet-and pawl connection shown in the above cited "patent, andsubstituting means whereby the registering wheels are in gear I with thedriving mechanism during the backward indicating and registeringmovements, and out of gear with it duringthe forward resettingmovements. The registering mechanism proper, in my improvement, iscontained in a pivoted frame 41, pivoted on the shaft E. Extendingacross the forward portion of this frame and secured in the end platesof it, is a shaft 42, upon which are mounted the registering wheels 43and their associated parts, there being in thisconstruction, four ofsuch wheels corresponding with the four series of amount registeringkeys with which they are operatively connected. The frame 41 is normallyheld upward by a spring 44, and thus the registering wheels 43 are outof mesh with the gears K. In this suspended position the wheels 43 arelocked from accidental movementeby a lug 45 formed on a horizontal bar46, the lug engaging between two of its teeth, and thus holding them incooperates with a pin 51 upon the side of the bar 48 to throw it upwardand backward at each operation of the machine, the adjustment of theparts being such that the bar will be brought downward at the beginningof a backward movement of the rock shaft I, and thus carry theregistering wheels 43 into mesh with the gears K which arein mesh withthe gears J mounted on said shaft I, so that the backward movement ofthe gears J will be transmitted to the registering wheels43. Just beforethe shaft I has completed its backward movement, but after the gears Jhave been given their complete backward movement,the cam 50 will throwthe bar 48 upward again, and thus disengage the registering wheels 43from the gears K, and they will remain so disengaged during the forwardmovement of the shaft I and gears J at the next operation of themachine. By these means the registering wheels are thrown into gear withthe driving mechanism at the beginning of the registering movements and.out of gear at the end of the registering movements. The transfersbetween the different registering wheels 43, are effected bysubstantially the same devices as shown and described in the Patent No.464,294" heretofore referred to Fig. 1, one edge of the slot beingprovided with notches arranged opposite thewords Cash, Charge, Paid outand No sale, and the lever provided with a spring tical adjustment ofthe lever 52, it results that one of the four items, such as cash,charge, etc., will be indicated at each operation of the machine withoutthe necessity of adjusting the lever 52. In other words,'.

should the lever be set opposite the word Cash the machine will continueto repeat indicating that particular transaction until a change isdesired and the lever readjusted accordingly. The lever 52 is alsoprovided with an attachment for the purpose of throwing into and out ofoperation the adding or registering mechanism, for among the four itemsjust referred to, there is but one that should be added to the total ofthe previous amount of sales, that item being indicated by the wordCash, while the remaining ones, charge, paid out and no sale, should beindicated but not registered. This arrangement is substantially the sameas described in my Patent No. 913,551 of February 23rd, 1909, andconsists of a curved upward extension 56, attached to the lever 52, andhaving pivoted to its upper end a bar 57, the free end of said barhaving a swell or cam portion 57 which is adapted to slide in a guide 58provided at the upper end of the reciprocating bar 4:8. This end of thebar 48 is provided with a lengthwise slot, shown in dotted lines in Fig.3. which receives the pin 49 that is attached to the pivoted frame 41containing the registering mechanism. As shown in Fig. 3, it will beseen that the upper edge or cam portion 57 of the curved bar 57, is incontact with the guide 58, and its lower edge resting against the pin49, so that in this position of the parts the frame 41 is rigidlyattached to the reciprocating bar 48 and partakes of its movements, thiscondition existing when the lever 52 is set opposite the word Cash. Itis obvious however that should the lever 52 be raised and adjusted inone of the three upper notches, opposite the words Charge, Paid out, orNo sale, the narrow portion of the bar 57 would be interposed betweenthe guide 58 and pin 49, and thus the downward movement of the bar 48would have no effect upon the frame 41, which would consequently remainin its uppermost position through the tension of the spring 4%, and thusthe registering mechanism would remain at rest while such items arebeing indicated. In the former Patent 913.- 551 there is shown anddescribed a device for preventing operation of the register, at certainpositions of the setting lever, but

the operation takes place in that patent in a different manner. In thepatent a set of intermediate gears are prevented, in certain leverpositions, from engaging the register, while in the present case, theregister gears themselves normally rock into engagement with theactuating devices, but are prevented from such rocking at certainpositions of the lever. Thus it will be seen thatthe present case is, inthis respect-,a specific improvement on the earlier patent, andtherefore no broad claims on thisfeature are made in the present case.It would be well to state here, that while such items should not beadded yet they should be recorded in some manner, and while I do notshow a printing mechanism it will be understood that such printingmedia, as shown in the Patent No. 483,511 or any similar mechanism maybe installed in this machine, and with that contemplated, I provide andshow a series of concentric sleeves 60, surrounding the shaft 7 C whichcould be extended into a printing ployed a single receptacle dividedinto a plurality of compartments, each compartment having a pair oftiltable trays.

J ournaled in the end walls of the casing of the machine in the lowercentral portion, is a horizontal rotatable shaft 61, which has fast uponit near the right hand end, a disk 62, Fig. 2, and near the left handend a similar disk 63, Fig. 5. The space between these two disks beingdivided into four longitudinal sections or compartments, by the fourplates or walls 64, Fig. 3, which are attached to and connect the disks62-63. Confined between each of the said walls 64 and pivoted to thedisks, are two, or what might be called a set of receptacles, consistingof a box-like one 65, divided into compartments suitable for holdingpaper currency, and another one 66, having a round bottom and dividedinto smaller compartments suitable for holding coin, see Fig. 9.Attached to the end pieces of each receptacle is a pin or pivot 67,which is supported in the disks 62 and63, and thus the receptacles hangloosely and are adapted to maintain their normal upright position duringthe rotation of the shaft 61 around which they swing. The pivots whichare attached to the left hand end of the receptacles, extend through thedisk 63 a short distance and have fast on their end a pendent arm 68,which has mounted upon it an antifriction roller 69 on its free end,which is adapted to pass through grooves 70 formed in a fixed arm 71extending inward from the front casing, see dottedlines in Fig. 5. Asshown in Figs. 3 and 5 it is obvious that when anyone of the four setsof receptacles is adjusted and comes to rest, in the front portion ofthe machine, 'the antifriction roller 69 carried on the pendent arm 68,will be resting in the center of the grooves in the fixed arm 71, andthus holding such receptacles in a rigid upright, or their normalposition. \Vhile there is provided four separate setsof receptacles, itwill be seen, by reference to Fig. 3, that there is but one opening 73,that opening being provided with, or protected by a covering 74, whichis in the nature of a hood, and having end portions extending inward andpivoted, or loosely mounted upon the shaft 61. The front of this coveris provided with a suitable handle 75, and when closed, as shown in Fig.2, it becomes locked in that position by a pivoted dog 76 droppingbehind a shoulder 77 formed on the rear part of the hood 74, the dogbeing held'against this shoulder by the tension of a spring 78. Upon theoperation of the machine a pin 79 projecting from a disk 80 secured toone end of a shaft C will contact with the rear end of the dog 76,androck the same about its pivot out of engagement with the shoulder 77formed on the hood or cover 74. When the cover is t-husreleaseditimmediately swings open by the tension of a spiral spring 81, as shownin Fig. 2. As the cover swings to the open position it looks the shaft6]. from further or accidental rotation, as long as it remains open.Through this arrangement of the parts it will be seen that but one ofthe sets of receptacles can be reached, or is available while the coveris open, and after it is closed it requires an operation of the machineto open it again. The means for locking this shaft consists of an arm 83pivoted to a bracket 84 formed onthe rear .wall of the casing, the freeend of this arm terminating in a downwardly extending hook 83 which isadapted to engage the spaces 83 between the four segments 85 forming aring,-or band which is attached to the disk 62. Near the free end ofthis arm 83, is a bar 86,-connecting it with the extended portion 82 ofthe end plate of the cover 74. By this arrangement the cover is free toswing open, but only when the disk 62 is properly adjusted to bring oneof the sets of receptacles opposite the opening in the front of thecasing. Should an attempt to open the cover otherwise be made, the hook83 would contact with peripheral portions of the band 85, andconsequently prevent the rocking of the cover about the fulcrum shaft61.

If any clerk desires to leave the store hemay by manipulating suitablemechanism lock the machine from operation whenever his compartment ofthe cash'receptacle is brought into position to be exposed, therebypreventing any dishonest clerk from gaining access to his compartmentduring his absence. This mechanismv is as follows:

Attached to the disk 62, see Fig. 2, are four in Fig. 2. On. the short,orupper end of this bar is formed a hook 89*, which is adapted toengagea recess 80 in the disk 80. The longer end of the said bar 89 is in theform of a half circle 89 the curved edge normally resting oppositeJ hebolt 87 of One/of the locks 87. As shown. in Fig. 2, should there be nobolt of any of the locks 87, thrown out, the bar 89 will remain in theposition shown in solid lines, Fig. 2, and the disk 80 free to rotatewith the operation of the mechanism, but should the bolt of any lock bethrown out it would contact with the curved portion 89 of the bar 89 andthrow it up and consequently the hook portion 89 into the recess 80 ofthe disk 80, thereby locking the entire operating mechanism of themachine. It will be understood that the lock that is resting oppositethe bar 89, corresponds to the set of receptacles which are restingopposite the front cover 74.

In a later application Serial No. 47 9,000 there is shown a rotatablecash receptacle and controlling means therefor somewhat similar to thatdisclosed in this application. It is to be understood that the presentinvention is prior in point of time 'to' that of the later applicationand any claims to the subject matter of the rotatable cash receptaclecommon to the two cases are intended to be made in this application.Therefore the later application is to be considered a specificimprovement on the present application.

The adjustment of the four sets of receptacles, which are indicated bythe letters A, B, C, and D that are inscribed upon the indicating-wheel16, whereby the selected letter is indicated and the corresponding setof receptacles made available simultaneously, will now be described.

Fulcrumed upon the shaft I, is a vertically adjustable setting-lever 90,adapted to be shifted in the slot 90 in the front of the casing, oneedge of the slot being provided with'notches arranged opposite theletters A, B, C, and .D, and the lever provided with a spring catch 90for engaging said notches for holding the lever in position. The saidlever 90, has a lateral projection or nose 91 which is adapted tocontact with the latch N in the same manner as the lever 52, heretoforedescribed, so that consequently the same letter will be indicated, andthe same receptacle will be available at each operation of the machine,without readjusting the lever 90 until a change is desired. Attachedfast to the lever 90 1s a sleeve 92 mounted to rotate upon the shaftthrough the vertical adjustment of the set-- ting-lever 90. Thus thesetting-lever 90 combines to determine, through the vertical adjustmentof it, just which set of receptacles will be available, and also whichletterwill be indicated,.when, through the operation of the machine, bythe handle A, and associated parts, the receptaclecover 74 is releasedand the indicating-wheel 16 adjusted. To overcome any excessive momentumthat the-rotatable shaft 61 might acquire, should the setting-lever 90be shifted too 'quickly from one extreme position to the other, a spiralspring 95 is provided, one end attached to a link 97 formed upon thesegment gear 93, and the other end anchored to the shaft 61 by a looselymounted collar 96. Thus it will be seen that as the spring 95 passes ineither direction from a line drawn from the center of shaft I to thecenter of shaft 61 the tension on said spring will gradually increaseand as the segment 93 nears the end of its movement in either directionthe tension of the spring 95 will cause sutiicient friction between thecollar 96 and the shaft 61 as to prevent any overthrow or excessivemovement of saidshaft 61 and the money receptacle which is fast to saidshaft.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated it is to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form ofembodiment herein shown and described as it is susceptible of embodimentin various forms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cash-register, in combination with an operating mechanism whichincludes an indicator, a key element, and a registering mechanism, of arotatable cylindrical construction, a plurality of pivoted receptaclessupported by the said construction and means which operatively connectthe said rotatable cylindrical construction with the said key element,substantially as described.

2. In a cash register, the combination with an indicator, of a rotatableframe, a plurality of cash receptacles supported in said frame, and alever having gear connections to rotate said frame and to control theindicator.

3. In a cash-register, the combination with an indicator, a manuallyadjustable setting-lever, and registering devices, of a rotatableconstruction, a plurality of pivscribed.

5. In a cash-register, the combination with indicating mechanism whichincludes a rotatable initial-indicating-wheel, of a rotatablecylindrical construction mounted within the casing and containing aplurality of pivoted receptacles, and means which operatively connectthe said initial-indicating wheel with the rotatable construction,substantially as described.

6. In a cash-register, the combination of a casing having an opening, ahorizontal shaft journaled in the said casing, a disk or support fastupon and near each end of said shaft, a plurality of receptacles pivotedto and adapted to swing between the said supports, pendent arms 68attached to the reeeptacles, a fixed guide arm 71, a pinion fast on thesaid horizontal shaft, a segment gear 93 in mesh with the said pinion, amanually 100 adjustable setting-lever operatively attached to the saidgear, an adjustable cover over said opening, and an indicator which isoperatively connected with both adjustable cover and setting-lever,substantially as de- 5 scribed.

7. In a cash-register, the combination with a casing havingan opening,an adjustable cover over said opening, a horizontal shaft journaled inthe said casing, a rotata- Ne cylindrical construction mounted on saidshaft, a plurality of pivoted receptacles supported in saidconstruction, key elements, indicating devices, and registeringmechanism, of manual means for adjusting the rotatable construction andmeans dependentupon the operation of the indicating devices andregistering mechanism for adjusting the said cover, substantially asdescribed.

8. In a cash-register, the combination with a casing having an opening,a horizontal shaft journaled in the said casing, an adjustable coverpivoted on the said shaft, a rotatable construction mounted fast on saidshaft, a plurality 'of'cash receptacles supported by said construction,and a key element which is operatively connected with andadapted toadjust the said rotatable constrnction, of an indicator which isoperatively connected with both the said cover and the key element,substantially as described.

9. In a cash-register, the combination with a casing having an openingin the front portion, an adjustable cover over the said opening, ahorizontal shaft journaled in said casing, a cylindrical constructionmounted on the said shaft, a' plurality of cash receptacles pivoted andsupported within the said cylindrical construction, a registeringmechanism, and indicating de vices, of a key element which isoperatively connected with both the said horizontal shaft and indicatingdevices, substantially as described.

10. In a cash-register, the combination of an indicatorfa verticallyadjustable rack which is operatively connected with the indicator,guides for said rack, a segment gear J in mesh with said rack, ahorizontal shaft I supporting said gear, a casing provided with anopening, an adjustable cover over said opening, a horizontal shaft 61journaled in the said casing, a rotatable construction mounted on thesaid shaft 61, a'

plurality of receptacles pivoted to said construction, pendent armsattached to said receptacles, antifriction rollers pivoted on said arms,a fixedguide-arm 71, apinion 94 keyed on the said shaft 61, and amanually adjustable setting-lever fulcrumed on the said shaft I and whenadjusted, is adapted to govern the adjustment of both the indicator andthe pinion with which it is operatively connected, substantially asdescribed.

11. In a cash-register, the combination of a rotatableinitial-indicating-wheel, a manually adjustable setting-lever, aregistering mechanism, a casing provided with an opening, a horizontalrotary shaft journaled in said casing, a cylindrical construc- ,tionfast on said shaft, a plurality of recep tacles supported by saidconstruction, and means which operatively connect the manually operatedsetting-lever with both the initial-indicating-wheel and therotaryshaft, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

12. In a cash-register, the combination of operating mechanism whichincludes indicating devices, a segment gear J which is operativelyconnected with the same, a pivoted frame 41, registering mechanism whichis supported within the said frame, and which includes the gears 43,gears K which operatively connect the registering mechanism with thegears J, latch devices carried on the said gears J, a verticallymanually adjustable setting-lever 52, a nose or projection 55 attachedto the said setting-lever and which is in the path of said latch devicesand adapted to trip. the same, star teeth formed on the said gear J, alocking tooth formed on" a lever-arm 36 and which is adapted to engagethe said star teeth, a

springwhich normally holds the locking and uncovering said opening,Which consists'of an oval front construction 74 pivoted on the shaft 61,means for holding the cover down, consisting of the pivoted dog 76engaging the abutment 7 7 and means for releasing the cover, includingthe pin 79 which contacts with the said dog 76 at each operation of themachine, of means for looking the rotatable construction while the coveris open, consisting of the pivoted lever 83 provided with a lfookportion 83 which is-adapted to engage one of the recesses 83, throughthe medium'of the bar 86, and of means for holding the pivotedreceptacles rigidly in their normal position, consisting of the pendentarms (38 the antifriction rollers 69 and the guide arm 71, substantiallyas described.

14. In a cash register, the'combination with indicating devices andmechanism for operating the same, of two series of rotatableindicator-wheels which I are loosely mounted upon independent horizontalshafts, the said shafts supported in the frame of the machine atobtuse'angles, and in opposite directions, in relation to the frontthereof, substantially as described.

15. In a cash-register, the combination with indicating means anddevices for operating the same, of a series of rotatableindicator-wheelsloosely mounted upon a horizontal shaft which is supported in the framework of, and extends parallel with, the front of the machine, a secondseries of rotatable indicator-wheels loosely mounted upon a horizontalshaft which is sup-. ported in the frame of the machine, and extendsfrom the right of, and at an obtuse angle relative to the first namedshaft, and a third series of rotatable indicator-wheels loosely mountedupon a horizontal shaft, which is supported in the frame of the machine,and extends from theleft of, and at an obtuse angle in relation to thefirst named shaft, substantially as described.

16. In a cash-register, the combination with a series of slidable racks,a like series of horizontal bars attached, and means for reciprocatingthem vertically, oftwo series of rotatable indicator-wheels looselymounted upon independent horizontal shafts, which are supported in theframe of the machine at obtuse angles, and in different directions, inrelation to the front of said machine, and means for operativelyconnecting the indicator-wheels with the slidable racks, substantiallyas described.

17. In a cash-register, the combination with operating mechanism, whichincludes key elements, of two series of indicatorwheels representingidentical characters, mounted upon two different horizontal shafts,which are supported in the frame of the machine in the same plane, butat obtuse angles, and in opposite directions, relative to the front ofthe said machine, and means which operatively connect the key elementsand indicator-wheels, whereby wheels on each shaft, representing thesame characters, are adjusted simultaneously, and corresponding to thekey element with which they are operatively connected, substantially asdescribed.

18. In a cash-register, the combination of indicating means, whichincludes rotatable wheels having their periphery inscribed to indicatedifferent transactions, and mounted loosely upon a shaft that issupported in the upper portion of the frame of the machine and parallelwith the front of it, and two series of rotatable wheels, having theirperipheries inscribed with numerals representing the same values, whichare mounted upon independent shafts that are supported in the upperportion of the frame, and each extending at an obtuse angle from, and inan opposite direction, in relation to the first named shaft, and meansfor actuating said wheels, substantially as described.

19. In a cash-register, the combination with operating mechanism, of twoseries of rotatable value-indicator-wheels, their peripheries inscribedwith numerals denoting identical values, and each of said series looselymounted upon independent horizontal shafts, which are secured to theframe of the machine at obtuse angles, and in different directions inrelation to the front of said machine, and means whereby wheels of eachseries, denoting corresponding values, are adjusted simultaneously,substantially as described.

20. In acash-register, the combination. with operating mechanism, thesame including a series of slidable racks with a like series ofhorizontal bars attached, of a series of rotatable indicator-wheelsloosely mounted upon a horizontal shaft which is supported in the frameof the machine and parallel with the front thereof, a second series ofrotatable indicator-wheels loosely mounted upon a horizontal shaft,which is supported in the frame of the machine, and extending from theright of, and at an obtuse angle relative to the first named shaft, athird series of rotatable indicator-wheels, which are loosely mountedupon a horizontal shaft, supported in the frame and extending from theleft of, and at an obtuse angle in relation to the first named shaft,and means which operatively connect the indicatorwheels with theslidable racks, substantially as described.

21. In a cash-register, the combination with operating mechanism, ofindicating means which include two series of indicators inscribed withfigures denoting identical values, the said series of indicatorsarranged in the machine parallel with and opposite independent openings,the said openings extending at an obtuse angle from, and in oppositedirections relative to the front of the machine, and means for adjustingsaid indicators, substantially as described.

22. In a cash-register, the combination with operating mechanism, ofindicating means including a series of indicators aranged parallel withand opposite a vertical opening in the front casing of the machine, asecond series of indicators arranged parallel with and opposite avertical opening in the casing, extending from the right of, and atan'obtuse angle relative to the first named opening, and a third seriesof indicators aranged parallel with, and opposite a vertical opening inthe casing, extending from the left of, and at an obtuse angle relativeto the first named openin and means for adjusting said indicators,substantially as described.

23. In a cash register, the combination with a movable frame and aregistering mechanism carried thereby, of actuating gears for saidmechanism, a reciprocatory member for moving the frame to carry theregistering mechanism into and out of mesh with the actuating gears, abar having an enlarged portion connecting the movable frame andreciprocatory member, and a manipulative device controlling the movementof said bar to disable or enable the registering mechanism.

2%. In a cash register, the combination with a movable frame and aregistering mechanism carried thereby, of actuating gears for saidmechanism, a reciprocatory member for moving th frame to carry theregistering mechanism into and out of mesh with the actuating gears,projections carried by the frame and reciprocatory member, a bar with anenlarged portion normally interposed between the projections of theframe and said member for connecting the same, and an adjustable leverfor moving said bar to disconnect said frame and memher so that theactuating gear may be moved without operating the registering mechamsm.

25. In a cash register, the combination with a money receptacle dividedinto a plurality of compartments, each compartmenthaving a tiltabletray, of means for moving said receptacle to expose any compartment, andmeans preventing the tray of the exposed compartment from tilting.

26. In a cash register, the combination with a money receptacle dividedinto a plurality of compartments, each compartment having severaltiltable trays, of an adjustable-lever for moving said receptacle toexpose any compartment, and means preventing the trays of the exposedcompartment from tilting.

27. In a cash register, the combination with a money receptacle dividedinto a plurality of compartments, each compartment having severaltilt-able trays, of an adjustable lever for moving said receptacle toexpose any compartment, devices connected to each tray, and a stationarybar with which the devices of the trays of the exposed compartmentengage to prevent the tilting of said trays.

28. In a cash register, the combination with a cash receptacle dividedinto a plurality of compartments, each compartment having a tiltabletray, of acasing for said receptacle, the said casing having an openingtherein, a lid normally covering said opening, means for moving saidreceptacle to bring any compartment adjacent to the opening, and meansfor moving the lid to uncover the opening to expose the compartmentadjacent thereto.

29.- In a cash register, the combination with a rotary cash receptaciedivided into a plurality of compartments, each having several tiltabletrays, of a casing for said receptacle, the said casing having anopening therein, a lid normally covering the opening, an adjustablelever for moving said receptacle to bring any compartment adjacent tothe opening, means for preventing the tilting of the trays of thecompartment adjacent to the opening, and means for moving the lid touncover the opening to expose the compartment adjacent thereto.

30. In a cash register, the combination with a movable member, of meansfor moving said member, and a spring cont-rolled brake connected to saidmember and means, the tension of said spring increasing as the movingmeans nears the limit of its movement in opposite directions so as toretard the movement of said member.

31. In a cash register, the combination with a rotary cash receptacldivided into a plurality of compartments, of a pivot therefor, anoscillatory operating means for said receptacle, and a spring controlledbrake connected to the pivot and operating means, the tension of saidspring increasing as the operating means nears the limit of its movementin opposite directions so as to retard the movement of said receptacle.

32. In a cash register, the combination with a difi'erentiallyadjustable indicating mechanism, of a rotatable cash receptacle, meansfor preliminarily rotating said cash receptacle and predetermining theadjustment of the indicating mechanism and means operated upontheoperation of the machine for adjusting said mechanism to itspredetermined position.

33. In a cash register, the combination with a differentially adjustableindicating mechanism, of means operable differentially upon theoperation ofthe machine for positioning the indicating mechanism; arotatable cash receptacle, means for preliminarily adjusting saidreceptaclediiferentially, and a single stop carried by said ad justingmeans and cooperating with said positioning means for the indicatingmechanism to predetermine the adjustment of said indicating mechanism.

JOHN F. PARKER.

